Record Broken as 1000 People Ski in Swimsuits

Mass downhill skiing in bikinis

On Saturday, hundreds of half-naked skiers and snowboarders took part in a downhill skiing on Zelyonaya mountain in the Kuzbass. This was reported by RIA Novosti on Saturday.

One of the organisers of the “naked descent”, Konstantin Koshin told the news agency that about a thousand people took part in the event. So, the people that took part have set a new world record, and may get into the Guinness Book of Records. We note that the previous record was set in Canada, where 250 people took to the slopes in their swimsuits.

Initially, it was expected that about 500 people would take part in the unusual event, but the number of people who wanted to come down from the mountains half naked turned out to be an order of magnitude greater. “There (were) definitely 700, but it’s possible that there were more than 1,000 even,” said Koshkin.

According to him, the skiers were dressed in shorts and swimsuits, and came down as one massive flow.

The man also told the agent that there were judges all the way down, and all videos and photographic images have been notarised. Now, the materials will be sent to London, where experts should acknowledge the new record.

According to the organisers, this achievement will reestablish Sheregesh as one of the best ski resorts in Russia.

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